{
  "id": 541445,
  "title": "Why Nelder-Mead?",
  "url": "/competitions/ariel-data-challenge-2024/discussion/541445",
  "author_name": "gromml",
  "post_date": "2024-10-19T15:57:59.607000",
  "votes": 4,
  "comment_count": 3,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Has somebody tried other optimization methods?</p>\n<p>I wonder why the \"Nelder-Mead\" method is used to tackle the optimization problem despite the fact that it is not a default method of <code>scipy.optimize.minimize</code>. Maybe there is a special intuition behind using this method?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 3022502,
      "postDate": "2024-10-19T16:21:17.393Z",
      "content": "<p>There is nothing special about using this particular algorithm. I implemented it as a student, so it's special for me. </p>\n<p>Actually, the task is so simple that it can be solved even with a cycle with a small step.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "There is nothing special about using this particular algorithm. I implemented it as a student, so it's special for me. \n\nActually, the task is so simple that it can be solved even with a cycle with a small step.",
      "votes": 8,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3022506,
          "postDate": "2024-10-19T16:25:15.610Z",
          "content": "<p>Thanks for the reply!</p>\n<p>Indeed, we minimize a function of a single variable. So, even a cycle with a small step should be fine.</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for the reply!\n\nIndeed, we minimize a function of a single variable. So, even a cycle with a small step should be fine.",
          "votes": 2
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 3022468,
      "postDate": "2024-10-19T15:57:59.607Z",
      "content": "<p>Has somebody tried other optimization methods?</p>\n<p>I wonder why the \"Nelder-Mead\" method is used to tackle the optimization problem despite the fact that it is not a default method of <code>scipy.optimize.minimize</code>. Maybe there is a special intuition behind using this method?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Has somebody tried other optimization methods?\n\nI wonder why the \"Nelder-Mead\" method is used to tackle the optimization problem despite the fact that it is not a default method of `scipy.optimize.minimize`. Maybe there is a special intuition behind using this method?",
      "votes": 4
    },
    {
      "id": 3022631,
      "postDate": "2024-10-19T19:20:35.923Z",
      "content": "<p>There's no specific reason to use Nelder-Mead here. For example, I use Powell.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "There's no specific reason to use Nelder-Mead here. For example, I use Powell.",
      "votes": 2
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 3022502,
      "author_name": "Sergei Fironov",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-10-19T16:21:17.393000",
      "content": "<p>There is nothing special about using this particular algorithm. I implemented it as a student, so it's special for me. </p>\n<p>Actually, the task is so simple that it can be solved even with a cycle with a small step.</p>",
      "votes": 8,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3022506,
          "author_name": "gromml",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2024-10-19T16:25:15.610000",
          "content": "<p>Thanks for the reply!</p>\n<p>Indeed, we minimize a function of a single variable. So, even a cycle with a small step should be fine.</p>",
          "votes": 2,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 3022631,
      "author_name": "Araik Tamazian",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-10-19T19:20:35.923000",
      "content": "<p>There's no specific reason to use Nelder-Mead here. For example, I use Powell.</p>",
      "votes": 2,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "3022502": "There is nothing special about using this particular algorithm. I implemented it as a student, so it's special for me. \n\nActually, the task is so simple that it can be solved even with a cycle with a small step.",
    "3022468": "Has somebody tried other optimization methods?\n\nI wonder why the \"Nelder-Mead\" method is used to tackle the optimization problem despite the fact that it is not a default method of `scipy.optimize.minimize`. Maybe there is a special intuition behind using this method?",
    "3022631": "There's no specific reason to use Nelder-Mead here. For example, I use Powell."
  }
}